Everybody has difficult periods in life. When everything is piled up and at once, naturally, the nerves can not stand it. But there are situations when it is simply necessary to calm down.
Instructions
Step 1
If you have an important presentation (such as a dissertation defense or an important presentation), take a light sedative the night before. Even if the excitement is so strong that the pill will not work, subconsciously you will be sure that the medicine will help. The placebo effect will work and you will calm down.
Step 2
If you don't have precious hours to rest or sleep, take a few minutes, close your eyes, and breathe deeply several times. This exercise may seem elementary, but it is actually very important to do it correctly. Closing your eyes, you isolate yourself from external stimuli for a while and get a long-awaited respite. Deep, slow breathing will saturate the blood with oxygen, and the measured process of inhaling and exhaling air itself will calm you.
Step 3
If the excitement overtook you at the most inopportune moment (for example, during a presentation at a meeting), do not panic. Always remember that your mind is capable of handling any situation.
Take a deep breath, drink a sip of water.
Find one person in the audience and imagine that you are addressing your speech to him. Subconsciously, it will be easier for you to hold the attention of one person.
If the audience has few people (or one person), use a little trick: do not look the interlocutor in the eyes, move your gaze to his bridge of the nose. This makes it easier for you to deal with the anxiety.
